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That sounds like dirty heads. Try a cleaning tape, but I have never had those work. You need chammy swabs, and rubbing alcohol and you clean the heads manyally. Hopefully your vcr comes out with only a few screws.....

Clean the heads parallel to tape path, not up and down the video drum. If you do parallel direction, it is hard to damage the heads...

Clean other items along the tape path and remove all hairs that you can find..but hte heads are the part not working, common for tape dust to accumulate and harden.

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For other type of video camera tapes you will have to try other methods like connect camera with tape to a DVD recorder and directly burn the DVDs. You can buy attachments and software for PC but I have found these very cumbersome to work with.

Make sure the device is plugged into the household power supply
and is switched on if no indicator lights are illuminated on the control panel.
Watch for any power-saving technology that can shut the recorder down when it's
not being used. Try the "Power" button again.

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Verify that the media you are using is compatible with the
device. Most combos record to DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/+R/+RW Discs on the disc side. VHS
cassettes can have erasure tabs, so check that the tab is still there if you
can't record to the cassette. Watch out for copy-protection technology on
either the tape or disc. Often it's indicated on the packaging. Copy protection
is designed to stop illegal reproductions, so may block many recordings of
copyrighted material.

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Connect a television to the "Video Out,"
"S-Video Out" or "Component Video Out" jacks on the DVD-VCR
combo if you can't see video from the combo playing on the television.

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Forcibly eject a disc if it is stuck in the combo. Often,
manufacturers will create a sequence of buttons to use that accomplishes this. On
a Panasonic, you force the combo into "Standby" by pressing
"Power" for 10 seconds. Then press and hold "Stop" and the
"Channel Up" button together for five seconds, and the disc should
eject.

There are any number of reasons why it won't play. The loading basket is jammed, the video tape has got tangled up in the mechanical section of the vcr or the loading gears are stripped. Unplug machine and remove top, [screws side and back] if the tape is spewed carefully remove by cutting it and clean tape particles, for any other problem have a technician check it out.